Johnny DuPree

Biography

Johnny DuPree (born November 18, 1953) is an American politician and Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate for the 45th district. DuPree notably served as the first African-American mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi from 2001 to 2017. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Governor of Mississippi in 2011, the first African-American major party nominee for governor in Mississippi since the Reconstruction era.

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